Heel for boots and shoes.



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' I A. P. SPENCER.

" HEEL FOR BOOTS -AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 16,-1906.

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v AUBREY FREDERICK SPENCER, F MARGATE, EN GLAN D, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO'Q'LDOLPH ROSENBERG, 0F LONDQN, ENGLAND. Heel. Flats eoors'aaln seeps.

No. ssaies.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Maly'7, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, AUBREY FREDERICK SPENCER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Margate, in the county of Kent, England, have inventednew and use ful Improvements in the Heels of Boots and Shoes-of which'thefollowing is a spec1fication.

The object of the present invention is to construct a heel for boots and shoes whit-his easily attachable and detachable, is safe in use, is resilient, wears evenly, and in which the rubber or other resilient pad, when such is used, is durable.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved M parts of a heel which are attached to an ordi- Fig. 2.

center and depressions or .cated in dotted lines.

nary solid leather heel, this latter being indi- Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. F 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 4 is a lan of a metal plate or lift to which the heat er tread or lift is ffiied. Fig. 5 is a plan of a rubber or other resilient pad orlift. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a smaller metal plate.

A'heel constructed according to the resent invention has a leather tread or. ift a, Which is the surface in contact with the ground when in use, and is providedwith a hole a/ to admita screw driver to act u on the head of the screw by which the who e is secured to the boot or shoe. leather lift a, and riveted or otherwise fixed to it, is a thin metal lift b formed with anumber of holes b, each surrounded by a rim b forming a hollow stud. On the to of this metal lift 6 is an inner rubberor ot er lift 0- 0 in position; The rubber orother liftc has a large,,preferably triangular, aperture 0 at its I grooves c com.- municating with the aperture 0 A small metal plate d, provided withers tending arms (1, fits the aperture 0 and grooves 0 This small metal plate has downwardly projecting edges d w.hich fit' This metal plate has into the aperture 0 I small holes in the arms (Z, through which Above this substantially as described small screws or pegs are'passed to fix it to the heel of the boot or shoe. A centralscrew e is passed through holes inthe partsu, b, c and d, and, them all together and at the same time allows the parts to rock on the head of the screw 2' asthe rubber is compressed. on one side in walking. The head of the screw e fits into a hollow upwardly projecting stud b of somewhat conical form than the small metal plate d, leaves, an air space in the aperture 0 which adds to the resiliency of the heel. to have a resilient heelythe rubber pad 0 may be replaced by one made of leather,"

What I claim as my invention 1s 1. In a heel for boots and shoes, :the combination of'an outer leather lift, a metal lift to which the outer leather lift is directly attached, an inner lift having depressions, a metal plate of smaller size than the inner lift inclosed therein fitting the aforesaid depressions and having ascrew-threaded socket and a central screw engaging in said threaded I parts together,

socket and securing all the substantially as set forth.

which the leather lift is fixed, having a'num:

llVhen it is not desired- 2. In a heel for boots and shoes, thecom-fj bination of an outer leather lift, a'metal lift, to.

ber of projecting hollow studs, an inner lift I engaged by said projecting hollowstu ds, so that they help to retain it in positi01 1 a metal plate of smaller size than the inner hit and inclo'sed therein, having a screw-threaded socket, and a fixing screw passing through one of the hollow studs in the metal lift and engagin in the threaded socket in the smaller metal p ate, to secure .allthe parts tbgether,

3.. In a heel for boots and shoes, the combin'ation ofan outer leather lift, a metal lift -to which the leather lift'is fixerLa number" of hollow studs carried by said meta-l lift, one of said studs being adapted 'to receive'the head of the fixing screw. a perforated inner Minding firms fitting in said depresswns,

lift adapted-l0 receive said'studs and having 1 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my (lkJPIBSSlORS, a smaller metal plate havmg 634- hand In pres nce of two Witnesses.

I I A if! 1 4)I 1J downwardly pro acnmgedges and a serewed HERA k MDLMCK m sncket 0n smd smaller plate, and a fixing Witnesses:

screv screwmg Into smd screwed socket, sub- CLAUDE li-MiLLs,

stamially as set Earth. Anon-11 ROSENBERG. 

